This is the fourth video in a 5 part series on seed saving for fruit and vegetable plants. In this episode (Ep4) I explain how I save plants in the category I call “Tuber Rhizome Runner Bulb or Sucker” from our food garden to grow more organic plants next season. The next episode (Ep5) details growing from “cuttings and grafts” and the previous episode (Ep3) https://youtu.be/i_G5UAzieNc was on saving Fruit Tree Seeds so make sure you also see all episodes in this series because they are all related. Happy gardening, cheers 🙂
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do you have a vid on egyptian walking onions? i recently bought some and they are starting to grow. but idk anything about them cept they are perennials
Wow. You can turn almost anything into food. You are really inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
sir, now that all kinds of seeds are featured, how a bout a video about encouraging bolting, pollinating, and How to encourage growing seeds.
because i'm still confused about how to grow seeds and flowers, and i believe some other viewers too.
thank you, great videos you make!
Next (and final) video in series is https://youtu.be/zS3pvfR1nN8
Previous video was https://youtu.be/DbWgNXIG7RQ
Love your vids…my garlic is banging awesomeness..potaoes? Impressive..sigh, ginger and sweet potatoes? Aaaaggghhh! I will nought give up. Do so enjoy visiting you, so much great info, such an amazing magickal food forest.
Thanks! Do you use certified seed potato? Does it worth the money?
can ginger wistand a-50f cold ?
Mark…do you have a comparison of US zones that would equate to where you live? I'm in zone 8b and wondering if I can grow some of the same plants.
Some really good things. Though with pineapple, I prefer to grow from the seeds. Plants from seed instead of fruit tops, will usually produce larger and sweeter fruits, then take pups from the mother plant after fruiting to propagate
Banana trees can be kept in a bucket of water for a couple of months in warm climates. The will even sprout new trees. And after can be planted. They are very hardy bare root trees.
When you harvest any kind of potatoes, do not wash them unless you are gonna use them right away. Instead, let them dry with the dirt on them and store in a cool dark place. They will last a lot longer that way.
After your banana tree produces pups and bananas and you are ready to cut down the tree, cut it down, peel the tree trunk and you will have a lovely edible surprise inside the trunk of the banana tree. There are several layers to peel off, they do peel off easily and you can save the peelings to dry and use as fire starters. You can also make cloth but I haven't learned how to do that yet. Some people eat the big banana bud but for us that's a bit tricky. I don't advise that unless you really really know what you are doing. Those buds can be really bad. There are recipes on youtube for the center core that's the edible part of the banana tree you peeled out and it's easy and good.
if you're in a short season area and your potatoes are sprouting too early you can store them in a bushel basket and cover it with some newspaper. store it in a cool dark place and they'll just sit there and grow sprouts for months. I've planted potatoes with shoots over a foot long, they grow great.
What do you do to store your crops through the of season?
You forgot horseradish.
The first time I heard you say "tuber" I thought I'd heard "cheeba". Unfortunately, around here, we can't grow cheeba in our gardens.
How long for pineapples to grow … i love all your videos
Yacon are every low in carbs and easy to grow anywhere in the world. Great for keto to replace potatoes and sweet potatoes, to make couscous, currys, stews, etc. Thanks for the life saving tip. Yacon.
what animal, insect, is that making noise in the backgound?
Great tip on brassica shoots!
Can we grow bananas in SoCal? Specifically 9B! ?
how big is your garden 10 miles?
I planted Tomato suckers and had fresh Tomatoes on our windowsill in.December!
hi.can you please tell me what this yellow flower plant is? i have tons in my garden..and wondering what use it has..
very helpful!
“Were into winter now” outside wearing shorts and a tee shirt